Be #1 on Google: 52 Fast and Easy Search Engine Optimization Tools to Drive Customers to Your Web Site

by Jon Smith

Google Your Way to the Top of Your Industry!

It’s great to have a punchy Web site, but if you aren’toptimizing your search-engine presence, you’re just anothercompany lost in cyberspace.

With Be #1 on Google, you can instantly put your companyin the top spot of relevant online searches—and dramaticallyincrease sales. An international expert in search-engineoptimization, Jon Smith explains how to draw seriouscustomers—not curious or bored Web surfers—to your site by

Registering with Google Coming up with the best keywords Thinking like your customers Making your site totally accessible Using metadata to your advantage Advertising on the Web Measuring what works, and what doesn’t

Containing 52 techniques in all, each of which can usedimmediately, Be #1 on Google is the essential guide towinning the battle for first ranking on the world’s most utilizedsearch engine.

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Jon Smith is the bestselling, internationally published author of 20 books for children, teens, and adults. His books have sold more than 500,000 copies and are published in seven languages. A Liverpool native, Jon has four children and lives in the Wirral with his wife and two school-age daughters. To find out more, visit www.jonsmith.net or follow @jonsmith_author on Instagram & Twitter.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is probably a good primer for people looking to get started but it's going to get dated quickly (and already is) and is a little remedial for anyone who already has SEO experience.

I stopped reading when the author suggested buying domain names with trademarked names in them, which I found ironic in light of the author's opening statements that you have to be careful of "expert" advice. Indeed.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had lots of ideas. It was great for me (who knew almost nothing about SEO). Many of the sites that he recommended were no longer available or no longer free. It also seems like Google is constantly changing so what was important six months ago is no longer important...

Still a really good base to start from.

[Alvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bite-sized ideas to help readers who are new to SEO, to understand its importance and how to drive traffic to our own websites.

[Electric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bite sized ideas and techniques to help people new to SEO get launched into it. Some very good ideas!

[Wil · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bunch of great tips in here! Make sure you read this to help improve your search rank

[Margot]

I feel like every year I'm picking up books like this and then setting them aside again, only partially read. Perhaps it's because search engine optimization is just such an ephemeral, always changing topic. And I found books like this just aren't useful for general reading, only if you have a web project you're currently working on, right in front of you as you read.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was good, although a little below my saturation point in search engine optimization research. A great book for starting a foray into SEO. It does make an interesting point that google may favor google-related websites, such as blogs on Blogger, sites with AdWords, etc.

[Paul Smoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

very easy to read. lots of points.